Contradictions and Paradoxes in Psalms 1:6

Check out Contradictions Catalog of Psalms 1:6 for the comprehensive list of verses that contradicts Psalms 1:6. Some key contradictions and paradoxes are described below.

According to King David, God knows and watches over good people because they follow His path, but those who do bad things will end up in trouble.

Psalms 1:6: For the LORD knoweth the way of the righteous: but the way of the ungodly shall perish.

Contradiction with Job 21:7

This verse questions why the wicked live, become old, and grow mighty in power, contrasting the idea in Psalms 1:6 that the way of the wicked shall perish.

Job 21:7: Wherefore do the wicked live, become old, yea, are mighty in power?

Contradiction with Ecclesiastes 8:14

Observes that righteous people get what the wicked deserve, and vice versa, which contrasts with Psalms 1:6 that implies the righteous are rewarded.

Ecclesiastes 8:14: There is a vanity which is done upon the earth; that there be just [men], unto whom it happeneth according to the work of the wicked; again, there be wicked [men], to whom it happeneth according to the work of the righteous: I said that this also [is] vanity.

Contradiction with Jeremiah 12:1

This verse questions why the wicked prosper, contradicting Psalms 1:6 which implies their way will not succeed.

Jeremiah 12:1: Righteous [art] thou, O LORD, when I plead with thee: yet let me talk with thee of [thy] judgments: Wherefore doth the way of the wicked prosper? [wherefore] are all they happy that deal very treacherously? [talk...: or, reason the case with thee]

Contradiction with Malachi 3:15

States that those who do wickedness are set up and prosper, which contradicts Psalms 1:6's claim that the wicked's way leads to destruction.

Malachi 3:15: And now we call the proud happy; yea, they that work wickedness are set up; yea, [they that] tempt God are even delivered. [are set up: Heb. are built]

Contradiction with Psalm 73:3

Expresses envy at the prosperity of the wicked, contradicting Psalms 1:6's assertion about the fate of the wicked.

Psalm 73:3: For I was envious at the foolish, [when] I saw the prosperity of the wicked.
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